Gainesville man charged with seven counts of sexual battery on a young child

Staff report

Updated on November 14 with pre-trial detention information.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Quinton Lamar Johnson, 38, was arrested yesterday and charged with seven counts of sexual battery on a young child.

The child, who is in elementary school, reported an incident to an adult on November 5, and the adult reported it to the School Resource Officer at the child’s school. In a forensic interview, the child reportedly demonstrated several ways in which Johnson had sexually battered her and pointed to parts of her anatomy and parts of the male anatomy on a diagram to describe what had happened.

An investigator reportedly found preliminary evidence of the presence of semen on a fabric item that belonged to the child.

Post Miranda, Johnson reportedly confirmed the child’s account of the reported incident, including describing how semen was deposited on the fabric item, and eventually admitted that he had been sexually battering the child for about two years.

Johnson has been charged with seven counts of sexual battery on a child under 12. He has no local criminal history, and Judge Adam Lee ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold him without bail until trial; on November 13, Judge James Colaw granted the motion and ordered him held without bail until trial.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.